That is perhaps the most pathetic thing I have ever read. That anyone would have their life so wrapped up in a celebrity that they would kill themselves over his demise is a sad commentary on our society.

Sad to hear it. I wish everyone else on here would stop calling these people "sad". Err, remember the "suicide" thread a while back? Seems a lot of contradiction is floating round....

I grew up with Michael Jackson, to me he's massive, a true icon. His death has to be about the most shocking celebrity death I have known in my lifetime and I didn't think I would hear this kind of news for another 20-30 years. The world has lost a music giant and a good person, whose cultural influence will never be matched.